diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/build/Gruntfile.coffee
similarity index 96%
rename from Gruntfile.coffee
rename to build/Gruntfile.coffee
index 024c01e48..831f18a15 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/build/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ os = require 'os'
 fm = require 'json-front-matter'
 _ = require 'underscore-plus'
 
-packageJson = require './package.json'
+packageJson = require '../package.json'
 
 # OAuth token for atom-bot
 # TODO Remove once all repositories are public
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ process.env.ATOM_ACCESS_TOKEN ?= '362295be4c5258d3f7b967bbabae662a455ca2a7'
 _.extend(global, require('harmony-collections')) unless global.WeakMap?
 
 module.exports = (grunt) ->
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-coffeelint')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-lesslint')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-cson')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-csslint')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-coffee')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-markdown')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-shell')
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-download-atom-shell')
+  grunt.loadTasks('tasks')
+
+  # This allows all subsequent paths to the relative to the root of the repo
+  grunt.file.setBase(path.resolve('..'))
+
   if not grunt.option('verbose')
     grunt.log.writeln = (args...) -> grunt.log
     grunt.log.write = (args...) -> grunt.log
@@ -193,21 +207,10 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
           stderr: false
           failOnError: false
 
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-coffeelint')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-lesslint')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-cson')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-csslint')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-coffee')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-markdown')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-download-atom-shell')
-  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-shell')
-  grunt.loadTasks('tasks')
-
   grunt.registerTask('compile', ['coffee', 'prebuild-less', 'cson'])
   grunt.registerTask('lint', ['coffeelint', 'csslint', 'lesslint'])
   grunt.registerTask('test', ['shell:kill-atom', 'run-specs'])
-  grunt.registerTask('ci', ['download-atom-shell', 'build', 'set-development-version', 'lint', 'test'])
+  grunt.registerTask('ci', ['download-atom-shell', 'build', 'set-development-version', 'lint', 'test', 'publish-build'])
   grunt.registerTask('deploy', ['partial-clean', 'download-atom-shell', 'build', 'codesign'])
   grunt.registerTask('docs', ['markdown:guides', 'build-docs'])
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['download-atom-shell', 'build', 'set-development-version', 'install'])
diff --git a/build/README.md b/build/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ada056f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Atom Build
+
+This folder contains the grunt configuration and tasks to build Atom.
+
+It was moved from the root of the repository so that any native modules used
+would be compiled against node's v8 headers since anything stored in
+`node_modules` at the root of the repo is compiled against atom's v8 headers.
+
+New build dependencies should be added to the `package.json` file located in
+this folder.
diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..221dc69c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "atom-build",
+  "description": "Atom build",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/atom/atom.git"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "biscotto": "0.0.17",
+    "first-mate": "~0.10.0",
+    "formidable": "~1.0.14",
+    "github-releases": "~0.2.0",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt-cli": "~0.1.9",
+    "grunt-coffeelint": "git://github.com/atom/grunt-coffeelint.git",
+    "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~0.1.2",
+    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "~0.7.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8.0",
+    "grunt-cson": "0.5.0",
+    "grunt-download-atom-shell": "git+https://atom-bot:362295be4c5258d3f7b967bbabae662a455ca2a7@github.com/atom/grunt-download-atom-shell#v0.5.0",
+    "grunt-lesslint": "0.13.0",
+    "grunt-markdown": "~0.4.0",
+    "grunt-shell": "~0.3.1",
+    "harmony-collections": "~0.3.8",
+    "js-yaml": "~2.1.0",
+    "json-front-matter": "~0.1.3",
+    "rcedit": "~0.1.2",
+    "request": "~2.27.0",
+    "rimraf": "~2.2.2",
+    "unzip": "~0.1.9",
+    "walkdir": "0.0.7"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tasks/build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/build-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/build-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/build-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/clean-task.coffee b/build/tasks/clean-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/clean-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/clean-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/codesign-task.coffee b/build/tasks/codesign-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/codesign-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/codesign-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/convert-theme.coffee b/build/tasks/convert-theme.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/convert-theme.coffee
rename to build/tasks/convert-theme.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/copy-info-plist-task.coffee b/build/tasks/copy-info-plist-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/copy-info-plist-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/copy-info-plist-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/docs-task.coffee b/build/tasks/docs-task.coffee
similarity index 97%
rename from tasks/docs-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/docs-task.coffee
index ac034818f..42856f8ee 100644
--- a/tasks/docs-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/docs-task.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ fs = require 'fs'
 
 module.exports = (grunt) ->
   cmd = path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'coffee')
-  commonArgs = [path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'biscotto'), '--']
+  commonArgs = [path.join('build', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'biscotto'), '--']
   opts =
     stdio: 'inherit'
 
diff --git a/tasks/install-task.coffee b/build/tasks/install-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/install-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/install-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/nof-task.coffee b/build/tasks/nof-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/nof-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/nof-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/prebuild-less-task.coffee b/build/tasks/prebuild-less-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/prebuild-less-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/prebuild-less-task.coffee
diff --git a/script/upload-release b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 66%
rename from script/upload-release
rename to build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
index 1227f94d5..0c0f9c1fc
--- a/script/upload-release
+++ b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env coffee
-
-return if process.env.JANKY_SHA1 and process.env.JANKY_BRANCH isnt 'master'
-
 child_process = require 'child_process'
 path = require 'path'
 
@@ -19,16 +15,35 @@ defaultHeaders =
   Authorization: "token #{token}"
   'User-Agent': 'Atom'
 
+module.exports = (grunt) ->
+  grunt.registerTask 'publish-build', 'Publish the built app', ->
+    return unless process.platform is 'darwin'
+    return if process.env.JANKY_SHA1 and process.env.JANKY_BRANCH isnt 'master'
+
+    done = @async()
+
+    createRelease (error, release) ->
+      return done(error) if error?
+      zipApp (error) ->
+        return done(error) if error?
+        uploadAsset release, (error) ->
+          return done(error) if error?
+          publishRelease release (error) ->
+            done(error)
+
+logError = (message, error, details) ->
+  grunt.log.error(message)
+  grunt.log.error(error.message ? error) if error?
+  grunt.log.error(details) if details
+
 zipApp = (callback) ->
   fs.removeSync(assetPath)
 
   options = {cwd: path.dirname(assetPath), maxBuffer: Infinity}
   child_process.exec "zip -r --symlinks #{assetName} Atom.app", options, (error, stdout, stderr) ->
     if error?
-      console.error('Zipping Atom.app failed', error, stderr)
-      process.exit(1)
-    else
-      callback()
+      logError('Zipping Atom.app failed', error, stderr)
+    callback(error)
 
 getRelease = (callback) ->
   options =
@@ -38,14 +53,14 @@ getRelease = (callback) ->
     json: true
   request options, (error, response, releases=[]) ->
     if error? or response.statusCode isnt 200
-      console.error('Fetching releases failed', error, releases)
-      process.exit(1)
+      logError('Fetching releases failed', error, releases)
+      callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
     else
       if releases.length > maxReleases
         deleteRelease(release) for release in releases[maxReleases..]
 
       for release in releases when release.name is commitSha
-        callback(release)
+        callback(null, release)
         return
       callback()
 
@@ -57,7 +72,7 @@ deleteRelease = (release) ->
     json: true
   request options, (error, response, body='') ->
     if error? or response.statusCode isnt 204
-      console.error('Deleting release failed', error, body)
+      logError('Deleting release failed', error, body)
 
 deleteExistingAsset = (release, callback) ->
   for asset in release.assets when asset.name is assetName
@@ -67,8 +82,8 @@ deleteExistingAsset = (release, callback) ->
       headers: defaultHeaders
     request options, (error, response, body='') ->
       if error? or response.statusCode isnt 204
-        console.error('Deleting existing release asset failed', error, body)
-        process.exit(1)
+        logError('Deleting existing release asset failed', error, body)
+        callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
       else
         callback()
 
@@ -77,7 +92,11 @@ deleteExistingAsset = (release, callback) ->
   callback()
 
 createRelease = (callback) ->
-  getRelease (release) ->
+  getRelease (error, release) ->
+    if error?
+      callback(error)
+      return
+
     if release?
       deleteExistingAsset release, ->
         callback(release)
@@ -96,10 +115,10 @@ createRelease = (callback) ->
         prerelease: true
     request options, (error, response, release={}) ->
       if error? or response.statusCode isnt 201
-        console.error('Creating release failed', error, release)
-        process.exit(1)
+        logError('Creating release failed', error, release)
+        callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
       else
-        callback(release)
+        callback(null, release)
 
 uploadAsset = (release, callback) ->
   options =
@@ -112,10 +131,10 @@ uploadAsset = (release, callback) ->
 
   assetRequest = request options, (error, response, body='') ->
     if error? or response.statusCode >= 400
-      console.error('Upload release asset failed', error, body)
-      process.exit(1)
+      logError('Upload release asset failed', error, body)
+      callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
     else
-      callback(release)
+      callback(null, release)
 
   fs.createReadStream(assetPath).pipe(assetRequest)
 
@@ -128,10 +147,7 @@ publishRelease = (release) ->
       draft: false
   request options, (error, response, body={}) ->
     if error? or response.statusCode isnt 200
-      console.error('Creating release failed', error, body)
-      process.exit(1)
-
-createRelease (release) ->
-  zipApp ->
-    uploadAsset release, ->
-      publishRelease release
+      logError('Creating release failed', error, body)
+      callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
+    else
+      callback()
diff --git a/tasks/publish-packages.coffee b/build/tasks/publish-packages.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/publish-packages.coffee
rename to build/tasks/publish-packages.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/set-development-version-task.coffee b/build/tasks/set-development-version-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/set-development-version-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/set-development-version-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee b/build/tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee
similarity index 80%
rename from tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee
index 09bc2b67b..0d9e2c0f6 100644
--- a/tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/set-exe-icon-task.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
     shellAppDir = grunt.config.get('atom.shellAppDir')
     shellExePath = path.join(shellAppDir, 'atom.exe')
-    iconPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'resources', 'win', 'atom.ico')
+    iconPath = path.resolve('resources', 'win', 'atom.ico')
 
     rcedit = require('rcedit')
     rcedit(shellExePath, {'icon': iconPath}, done)
diff --git a/tasks/spec-task.coffee b/build/tasks/spec-task.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/spec-task.coffee
rename to build/tasks/spec-task.coffee
diff --git a/tasks/task-helpers.coffee b/build/tasks/task-helpers.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/task-helpers.coffee
rename to build/tasks/task-helpers.coffee
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f15021933..2712c40c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
     "emissary": "0.19.0",
     "first-mate": "0.10.0",
     "fs-plus": "0.13.0",
+    "fstream": "0.1.24",
     "fuzzaldrin": "0.1.0",
     "git-utils": "0.29.0",
     "guid": "0.0.10",
     "jasmine-focused": "~0.15.0",
+    "jasmine-node": "git://github.com/kevinsawicki/jasmine-node.git#short-stacks",
+    "jasmine-tagged": "0.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "0.3.5",
     "keytar": "0.13.0",
     "less-cache": "0.10.0",
@@ -48,32 +51,6 @@
     "temp": "0.5.0",
     "underscore-plus": "0.6.1"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "biscotto": "0.0.17",
-    "formidable": "~1.0.14",
-    "fstream": "0.1.24",
-    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
-    "grunt-cli": "~0.1.9",
-    "grunt-coffeelint": "git://github.com/atom/grunt-coffeelint.git",
-    "grunt-lesslint": "0.13.0",
-    "grunt-cson": "0.5.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~0.1.2",
-    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "~0.7.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8.0",
-    "walkdir": "0.0.7",
-    "js-yaml": "~2.1.0",
-    "grunt-markdown": "~0.4.0",
-    "json-front-matter": "~0.1.3",
-    "grunt-shell": "~0.3.1",
-    "jasmine-node": "git://github.com/kevinsawicki/jasmine-node.git#short-stacks",
-    "jasmine-tagged": "0.2.0",
-    "request": "~2.27.0",
-    "unzip": "~0.1.9",
-    "rcedit": "~0.1.2",
-    "rimraf": "~2.2.2",
-    "github-releases": "~0.2.0",
-    "harmony-collections": "~0.3.8"
-  },
   "packageDependencies": {
     "atom-dark-syntax": "0.10.0",
     "atom-dark-ui": "0.18.0",
@@ -156,8 +133,7 @@
     "language-todo": "0.2.0",
     "language-toml": "0.7.0",
     "language-xml": "0.2.0",
-    "language-yaml": "0.1.0",
-    "grunt-download-atom-shell": "0.4.0"
+    "language-yaml": "0.1.0"
   },
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 87c18f88b..2154a1ef4 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var echoNewLine = process.platform == 'win32' ? 'echo.' : 'echo';
 var commands = [
   'git submodule --quiet sync',
   'git submodule --quiet update --recursive --init',
+  {command: 'npm install --quiet', options: {cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'build'), ignoreStdout: true}},
   {command: 'npm install --quiet', options: {cwd: apmVendorPath, ignoreStdout: true}},
   {command: 'npm install --quiet ' + apmVendorPath, options: {cwd: apmInstallPath, ignoreStdout: true}},
   {command: 'npm install --quiet ' + apmVendorPath, options: {ignoreStdout: true}},
diff --git a/script/build b/script/build
index b2022c6ae..19e38f818 100755
--- a/script/build
+++ b/script/build
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ var path = require('path');
 process.chdir(path.dirname(__dirname));
 
 cp.safeExec('node script/bootstrap', function() {
-  // node_modules/.bin/grunt "$@"
-  var gruntPath = path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'grunt') + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '');
-  cp.safeSpawn(gruntPath, process.argv.slice(2), process.exit);
+  // build/node_modules/.bin/grunt "$@"
+  var gruntPath = path.join('build', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'grunt') + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '');
+  var args = [gruntPath, '--gruntfile', path.resolve('build', 'Gruntfile.coffee')];
+  args = args.concat(process.argv.slice(2));
+  cp.safeSpawn(process.execPath, args, process.exit);
 });
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
index 8999f0af9..c5b1a0423 100755
--- a/script/cibuild
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -28,16 +28,13 @@ readEnvironmentVariables();
 cp.safeExec.bind(global, 'node script/bootstrap', function(error) {
   if (error)
     process.exit(1);
+  require('fs-plus').removeSync.bind(global, path.join(homeDir, '.atom'))
   var async = require('async');
-  var gruntPath = path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'grunt') + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '');
+  var gruntPath = path.join('build', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'grunt') + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '');
   var tasks = [
-    require('rimraf').bind(global, path.join(homeDir, '.atom')),
     cp.safeExec.bind(global, 'git clean -dff'),
-    cp.safeExec.bind(global, gruntPath + ' ci --stack --no-color'),
+    cp.safeExec.bind(global, gruntPath + ' ci --gruntfile build/Gruntfile.coffee --stack --no-color'),
   ]
-  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
-    tasks.push(cp.safeExec.bind(global, 'node_modules/.bin/coffee script/upload-release'))
-  }
   async.series(tasks, function(error) {
     process.exit(error ? 1 : 0);
   });
diff --git a/script/clean b/script/clean
index 1c6590ae3..d0c7c93ea 100755
--- a/script/clean
+++ b/script/clean
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var killatom = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'START taskkill /F /IM ' + product
 var commands = [
   killatom,
   [__dirname, '..', 'node_modules'],
+  [__dirname, '..', 'build', 'node_modules'],
   [__dirname, '..', 'atom-shell'],
   [home, '.atom', '.node-gyp'],
   [home, '.atom', 'storage'],
diff --git a/script/constructicon/build b/script/constructicon/build
index 6bb049759..647108d85 100755
--- a/script/constructicon/build
+++ b/script/constructicon/build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
 rm -fr node_modules
 rm -fr vendor/apm/node_modules
 ./script/bootstrap --no-color
-./node_modules/.bin/grunt --no-color --build-dir="$BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR" deploy
+./build/node_modules/.bin/grunt --no-color --build-dir="$BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR" deploy
 
 echo "TARGET_BUILD_DIR=$BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR"
 echo "FULL_PRODUCT_NAME=Atom.app"
diff --git a/script/grunt b/script/grunt
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f8516512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/grunt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node --harmony_collections
+var cp = require('./utils/child-process-wrapper.js');
+var path = require('path');
+
+// node build/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt "$@"
+var gruntPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'build', 'node_modules', 'grunt-cli', 'bin', 'grunt') + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '');
+var args = [gruntPath, '--gruntfile', path.resolve('build', 'Gruntfile.coffee')];
+args = args.concat(process.argv.slice(2));
+cp.safeSpawn(process.execPath, args, process.exit);
diff --git a/src/package-manager.coffee b/src/package-manager.coffee
index a85e51e43..e94a69785 100644
--- a/src/package-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/package-manager.coffee
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ class PackageManager
         {@packageDependencies} = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(metadataPath)) ? {}
       @packageDependencies ?= {}
 
-    # Temporarily ignore 'grunt-download-atom-shell' here, should remove this
-    # when it became a public npm module.
-    delete @packageDependencies['grunt-download-atom-shell']
-
     @packageDependencies
 
   # Public: Get an array of all the available package paths.